By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
For a second season in a row in St. Louis, the Cardinals and Mets had a game wiped out by rain. And for a second time this week, the Cardinals are preparing to play a doubleheader because of inclement weather.
Torrential rains throughout the day on Saturday forced the Mets and Cardinals into a split doubleheader on Sunday at Busch Stadium. Game 1 will start at 12:15 PM with pregame coverage beginning at 12:05 on KY 102 (102.5 FM), while Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 5:15, pregame coverage starting at 5:05.
The Cardinals will pitch right-hander Erick Fedde in Game 1 and right-hander Andre Pallante in Game 2. The Mets will send Saturday’s scheduled starter, Tylor Megill, to the mound in Game 2, while rookie Blade Tidwell gets the ball in the opener.
The Cardinals, who have dropped all five games this season against the Mets, had their game in Cincinnati rained out on Tuesday. That forced them into playing a doubleheader on Wednesday and they swept both games from the rival Reds. The Cards also played two games in Boston on April 6 because of a rainout a day earlier and lost both games of the doubleheader to the Red Sox.
St. Louis decided against starting right-hander Michael McGreevy, who was recalled from Triple-A Memphis today. Brought to St. Louis to offer “protection” in case a game goes sideways early in the day and multiple innings were needed from a reliever, McGreevy will work out of the bullpen on Sunday.
McGreevy, the Cardinals No. 10-ranked prospect, per MLB Pipeline, made his MLB debut in 2024 and went 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA over four big league appearances (three starts). He pitched well enough in Spring Training to make the big league Opening Day roster, but he was instead sent to Triple-A because of the logjam of starters the Cardinals have with Sonny Gray, Matthew Liberatore, Miles Mikolas, Steven Matz, Fedde and Pallante.
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